And if I have to shave twice between the beginning and ending of your reply, I'm really going to regret asking you.
The only thing he did not specifically mention is that, while many people support gay marriage, very few of them vote on that basis. So there are three groups:
1) Gays desperate for legal recognition of their right to marry.
2) Liberals, moderates and independents, who have no unanimous agreement on gay marriage, but few of whom use it to pick candidates.
3) Social conservatives enraged at the thought of two Obama appointees providing a 5-4 majority SCOTUS majority declaring gay marriage constitutional.
The second group is irrelevant; this issue is a non-factor in their choice for president, and the third group probably outnumbers the first by a fair margin. Worse, they would want revenge on Obama and to "reverse the damage," while gays have little to lose if Obama is defeated AFTER their constitutional right to marry is recognized. The only way their right to marry could realistically be threatened then would be an amendment to the US Constitution, to which the president is irrelevant.
Honorbound and honored to be Bonded to Mahtaliel Sedai
Last First in wotmania Chat
Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Last First in wotmania Chat
Slightly better than chocolate.
Love still can't be coerced.
Please Don't Eat the Newbies!
LoL. Be well, RAFOlk.
Same Sex Marriage legal in California again, 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturns prop 8
07/02/2012 08:21:12 PM
- 848 Views
What a rollercoaster. Guess it's going in the right direction, though.
07/02/2012 09:08:53 PM
- 406 Views
While I usually think the Ninth Circuit is smoking crack, this was a reasonable decision. *NM*
07/02/2012 09:38:17 PM
- 131 Views
not crack, more like marijuana for "medicinal" purposes.... *NM*
08/02/2012 03:41:20 AM
- 151 Views
Medicinal marijuana could not make the Ninth Circuit as crazy as they are.
08/02/2012 06:12:31 AM
- 306 Views
It's funny how religious laws are when this is supposed to be the land of religious freedom
07/02/2012 10:10:35 PM
- 293 Views
Finally. My and MGB's fantasy of being married by Patrick Stewart at San Diego Comic Con comes true. *NM*
07/02/2012 10:22:25 PM
- 119 Views
did you give him a ring yet? if not, you'll have to wait *NM*
07/02/2012 10:41:52 PM
- 127 Views
No point being in a hurry. It takes forever to get tickets to Comic Con. *NM*
07/02/2012 10:47:51 PM
- 130 Views
I disagree with this ruling. *NM*
08/02/2012 03:49:47 AM
- 134 Views
Well I disagree with my tax dollars being used on the purchasing of Tanks *NM*
08/02/2012 03:59:06 AM
- 139 Views
SCOTUS will overturn this ruling and uphold the ban,,,,,
09/02/2012 01:16:00 AM
- 301 Views
Very unlikely. The most likely outcome is a 5-4 decision upholding the 9th Circuit. *NM*
09/02/2012 01:24:08 AM
- 130 Views
Sure looks like it; good news for gays, bad news for Obama.
09/02/2012 02:23:24 AM
- 435 Views
The only way that I think the votes would change is if a justice died or had to retire.
09/02/2012 06:56:40 PM
- 409 Views
You lost me at bad news for Obama. How is such a ruling going to hurt him?
09/02/2012 08:45:28 PM
- 285 Views
Turn out
09/02/2012 10:53:07 PM
- 491 Views
You see, this is where I start to like those social conservatives.
09/02/2012 11:41:18 PM
- 351 Views
Roland pretty much covered it.
09/02/2012 11:35:06 PM
- 388 Views
5-4 decision overturning the 9th Circuit - no doubt..... *NM*
09/02/2012 03:09:17 AM
- 123 Views
You think Kennedy is going to vote to overturn? *NM*
09/02/2012 03:53:49 AM
- 113 Views
Yes, this case has nothing to do with gay marriage.....
09/02/2012 04:05:03 AM
- 390 Views
You really don't know what you are talking about
09/02/2012 04:18:35 AM
- 461 Views
Nice try, but no dice. SCOTUS will rule that it doesn't violate the 14th amendment. *NM*
09/02/2012 04:21:30 AM
- 139 Views
Do you hear what you are saying?
09/02/2012 04:27:15 AM
- 386 Views
You are getting confused.....SCOTUS will rule that the public vote doesn't violate.....
09/02/2012 04:45:38 AM
- 293 Views
Congrats; sucks for Obama and Congressional Dems though.
09/02/2012 02:38:22 AM
- 334 Views